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Guardian www.guardian.co.tt Thursday, May 14, 2015
SEOUL---North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had
his defence chief executed with an anti-aircraft gun
for complaining about the young ruler, talking back
to him and sleeping during a meeting presided over
by Kim, South Korea s spy agency told lawmakers
yesterday, citing what it called credible informa-
tion.
South Korean analysts are split on whether the
alleged bloody purge signals strength or weakness
from Kim Jong Un, who took power after his father s
2011 death. Some aren t even sure whether Seoul s
occasionally unreliable spy agency got it right. One
expert described the reported development, part of
a series of high-profile recent purges and executions
by Kim, as an attempt to orchestrate a "reign of
terror" that would solidify his leadership.
National Intelligence Service officials told a closed-
door parliamentary committee meeting that North
Korean People s Armed Forces Minister Hyon Yong
Chol was killed in front of hundreds of spectators
at a shooting range at Pyongyang s Kang Kon Military
Academy in late April, according to lawmaker Shin
Kyoung-min, who attended the briefing.
Also said to be purged was Ma Won Chun, a lieu-
tenant general and prominent architect who reportedly
led a megaproject to build North Korea s Masik Pass
ski resort. Ma had frequently accompanied Kim Jong
Un on inspection tours, but was last mentioned in
state media in November. He was earlier appointed
to lead a new "Designing Department" within the
National Defence Commission, North Korea s top
governing body.
In Pyongyang, there were no announcements about
any execution and no indications in tightly controlled
state media about whether it was true or had taken
place at all.
South Korea s spy agency has a spotty record of
tracking developments in North Korea. Information
about the secretive, authoritarian state is often impos-
sible to confirm.
Kim Jong Un s purges are seen as efforts to bolster
his grip on power. Last month, South Korean spy
officials told lawmakers that North Korea executed
15 senior officials accused of challenging Kim s author-
ity. (AP)
North Korea
executes
defence chief
Vice Marshal Hyon Yong Chol
School children practise a
song during their guitar
class, May 7, in Pyongyang,
North Korea. The Pyongyang
School Children's Palace is a
place where talented school
children go for
extracurricular classes, and
is one of the places tourists
visit during their stay in
Pyongyang.
AP PHOTO
TALENTED CHILDREN
Anti-aircraft gun used